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UNITED STATES PATENT CEEIQE.

JOSEPH H. IVES, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO EMMA F. IVES,

- OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR LAYING PUTTY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,200, dated January18, 1887.

Application filed July 12, 1836. Serial No. 207,768. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, J OSEPH H. IvEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Laying Putty; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to malie and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a device for laying putty,and i's'adapted for general use,'but will be found especially adaptedfor use by florists and gardeners in securing r 5 the panes of glass inhot-house frames or covers.

It will of course be understood by those familiar with the art thatinglass-setting of this kind great allowance must be made for expanzo sionand contraction by heat and cold. For this reason the putty used isquite soft, and will not set or dry hard. The oil in the putty quicklyforms a-skin upon the outside of it, which holds the panes of glassfirmlyin position,- but owing 2 5 to the large quantity of oil used inmaking the putty the inside of the mass never sets or dries hard, sothat it will readily yield to the expansion and contraction of heat andcold without the glass becoming loosened in the slightest. This is notthe case when hard putty is used. After the latter has become set ordried hard alternate frost and midday heat quickly act to crack theputty and detach it from the frame-work, so that the panes ofglassbecomeloosened. Thetroublewithusing soft putty, however, has beenthat it was exceedingly difficult to lay it with any of the glazierstools heretofore in use. In order to overcome these objections, and toprovide a 40 device that will lay soft putty quickly and smoothly, Ihave devised the novel construction of which the following description,in 0011-" nection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification,numbers being used to indicate the several parts of the device.

Figure 1 is a view of the device complete, the piston, tube, and nozzlebeing shown in section; Fig. 2, a plan view, a portion of the upperlever being broken out; and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the tubeand nozzle, showing the lip by which the putty is pressed into place andsmoothed.

.1 denotes the tube or receptacle for the putty. This tube is preferablyprovided with a flange, 2, by which it is secured to a support, 3, inany suitable manner. The support is preferably made of wood, and isshown in the drawings as made wide enough at that portion to permit thetube to pass through it, fiange' 2 being secured to the support byscrews. At

the lower end of the tube is a contracted nozzle, 4, and at theouter-edge of the nozzle a lip, 5, by which the putty is pressed intoplace and smoothed. I

6 is a piston, which is pivoted to a lever, 7. Sis a link, one end ofwhich is pivoted to support 3, and to the other end of which lever 7 ispivoted. The other ends of both support and lever are provided withhandles 9, for convenience in operation. As the link is pivoted 7oloosely at both ends and the piston is pivoted loosely to the lever, itfollows that the parts will work freely.

The operation is as follows: The piston is lifted out from the tube, andthe latter is filled or partially filled with soft putty, it being ofcourse only necessary that the putty should be made soft enough to workfreely through the nozzle. Having laid the panes of glass in position inthe frames, lip 5 is placed in the So angle between the glass and themullion. The putty is then forced out by the piston, operated throughlever 7, and the whole device is drawn rapidly along. The amount ofputty forced out depends, of course, upon the pressure on the piston,and the amount required depends upon the rapidity with which the deviceis moved along. It is simply necessary to force out enough to fill theangle between the glass and mullion, so that lip 5 will press it downfirmly ,go in place and leave it perfectly smooth. The entire operationof laying the putty is finished at this one operation, no trimming ordressing over being required.

I have illustrated my invention as carried out in the simplest possiblemanner. -It should be understood, however, that my invention is notlimited to the details of construction herein 7 angle and smoothing it,in combination with shown and described, as they may be widely variedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

I elaim- 1. A portable device for laying putty, consisting, essentially,of a tube having a reduced nozzle and a lip for pressing the putty intoan a support for said tube, a piston for forcing the putty out of thetube, and a lever connected to the support for actuating the piston.

2. Tube 1, which is firmly secured to a sup port, 3, and is providedwith a reduced nozzle and lip, 5, in combination wit-ha piston pivotedto lever 7, and a link, one end'of which is pivoted to the support andthe other to the lever, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device for laying putty, support 3, enlarged, as shown, and tube1, which passes through said support and is provided with a flangesecured thereto, nozzle 4 at the lower end of the tube, and a lip, 5, atthe outer edge of said nozzle, in combination with a piston, a lever towhich said piston is pivoted, and a link, 7, pivoted both to the supportand to the lever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH H. IVES.

Witnesses:

A. M. \Voos'rER, G. E. RUGGLEs.

